In the 1910s and early 1920s, forty-four states passed laws to
a. continue benefits to Civil War veterans and survivors.
b. establish old-age programs such as Medicare and Social Security for Baby Boomers.
c. protect women workers and enable poor widows to stay home with their children.
d. create the GI Bill allowing various benefits to returning veterans.
Question 2Marx believed that socialization was one way the individual
a. became free.
b. changed society.
c. was controlled by the powerful.
d. found a fulfilling life.
Question 3Civil War benefits included disability and old-age pensions, survivor benefits, and social services for millions of veterans and survivors
a. from the South.
b. from the North.
c. from both sides of the Civil War.
Question 4Milgram found that subjects usually
a. enjoyed their role in the experiment.
b. did not like what they did but did it.
c. were neutral about their role in the experiment.
d. were angry about their role and refused to go along with it.
Question 5Capitalism, according to Bellah,
a. is effectively opposed only by communism.
b. is effectively opposed by both communism and socialism.
c. coexists with communism and socialism.
d. has no effective opposition.
Question 6Skopcol cites common public schools, Civil War benefits, early-twentieth-century programs to help mothers and children, Social Security, Medicare, and the GI Bill of 1944 as
a. major money wasters.
b. programs that have had only moderate success.
c. among America's finest achievements in social policy.
Question 7Human beings brought up without social contact are characterized by
a. a natural goodness and gentleness.
b. a general attraction to and love for other humans.
c. fear, hostility, and apathy.
d. a natural desire to imitate and to seek affection.
e. an ability to think abstractly and to solve problems creatively.